This course is a year long credit and students will receive a cumulative final grade in May for one (1) whole credit, NOT ½ credit in December & ½ credit in May.Students not receiving a passing grade in May will need torepeat the entire year.
JCPS HIGH SCHOOL WORLD LANGUAGE – CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK 2014-15
It is the belief of Jefferson County Public Schools that as part of their global competency and college and career readiness learners should be able to demonstrate a minimum of basic user proficiency in at least one language and culture other than English.
The JCPS World Language curriculum is a performance and proficiency-based curriculum designed to develop learners’: communication skills and intercultural competencies. These skills and competencies prepare students to interact with people in our nation and around the world, as well as interpret and use information from global sources.
The World Language curriculum directly supports and strengthens the following:
• Literacy skills, such as: awareness of speech sounds, print awareness, reading development, the relationship between letters and sounds or words and characters, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension;
• Cognitive skills, such as: problem solving, memory, flexibility, sequencing, etc.;
• Interdisciplinary content knowledge, such as: math functions, healthy lifestyles, world geography and climate, art works, environmental science, etc., through content-related teaching;
• College preparedness and Career awareness; and
• Citizen diplomacy, through knowledge of cultures and cultural competencies.
STANDARDS The national World Language-Readiness for Learning Language standards (www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/World-REadinessStandardsforLearningLanguages.pdf) are composed of 5 goals: Communications, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. These goals are integrated naturally throughout the entire curriculum. Communication and cultures are addressed in the Can Do statements of the language and intercultural benchmarks and learning targets, most of which suggest activities that are carried out in local and global communities. Academic and career connections are evident in the content-based elements of each unit. Regular comparisons are made between the learner’s own language and culture and that of the language studied.
*I reserve the right to make changes to this grading policy, any changes will be announced in advanced of the change and will be designed to benefit the majority of the students.
- PARENTS/Guardians understand that it is THEIR responsibility to PREVIEW the additional resources offered by ANY WEBSITE for appropriateness for their child.
Instructor: Mrs. T. Danielle Pendleton
Year: 2014-15 Central High Magnet Career Academy
School telephone: 502-485-8226
e-mail: teresa.pendleton@jefferson.kyschools.us
Planning Periods: A-days– 9:15 -10:45 (2nd Period) B-days - 12:45 - 2:20 (4th Period)
Wikispaces page: http://mmetdpen.wikispaces.com/Home
JCPS HIGH SCHOOL WORLD LANGUAGE – CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK 2014-15
It is the belief of Jefferson County Public Schools that as part of their global competency and college and career readiness learners should be able to demonstrate a minimum of basic user proficiency in at least one language and culture other than English.
The JCPS World Language curriculum is a performance and proficiency-based curriculum designed to develop learners’: communication skills and intercultural competencies. These skills and competencies prepare students to interact with people in our nation and around the world, as well as interpret and use information from global sources.
The World Language curriculum directly supports and strengthens the following:
• Literacy skills, such as: awareness of speech sounds, print awareness, reading development, the relationship between letters and sounds or words and characters, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension;
• Cognitive skills, such as: problem solving, memory, flexibility, sequencing, etc.;
• Interdisciplinary content knowledge, such as: math functions, healthy lifestyles, world geography and climate, art works, environmental science, etc., through content-related teaching;
• College preparedness and Career awareness; and
• Citizen diplomacy, through knowledge of cultures and cultural competencies.
STANDARDS
The national World Language-Readiness for Learning Language standards (www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/World-REadinessStandardsforLearningLanguages.pdf) are composed of 5 goals: Communications, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. These goals are integrated naturally throughout the entire curriculum. Communication and cultures are addressed in the Can Do statements of the language and intercultural benchmarks and learning targets, most of which suggest activities that are carried out in local and global communities. Academic and career connections are evident in the content-based elements of each unit. Regular comparisons are made between the learner’s own language and culture and that of the language studied.
Kentucky Standard for World Language Proficiency
http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/wlang/Documents/2013%20Kentucky20Standard%20for%20World%Language%20Proficiency%208.16.2013.pdf
*I reserve the right to make changes to this grading policy, any changes will be announced in advanced of the change and will be designed to benefit the majority of the students.
Helpful Websites to learn and practice French:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/ - Tex’s French Grammar
http://www.frenchassistant.com/default.asp - French Assistant - Learn French
http://conjuguemos.com/home/index.html - Conjugemos – practice conjugating verbs ; learn vocabulary with flashcards
http://us.franceguide.com/special/lost-in-francelation-a-video-blog-on-france/home.html?NodeID=931 – France Guide’s “ Lost in Francelation” vlog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/ - BBC French learning website
http://www.freerice.com/ - Free Rice – practice French vocabulary and many other subjects, earn food for the World Food Program
http://www.wordreference.com/ - Word Reference – online French – English dictionary
OLI – Open Learning Initiative
and MANY, MANY, MANY MORE!!!
- PARENTS/Guardians understand that it is THEIR responsibility to PREVIEW the additional resources offered by ANY WEBSITE for appropriateness for their child.